The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-04-07
Legislative Nsses.

Of much Significance, snd the delightful weaihe T
which prevails at ihls seasou In this ATTITUDE
proves the wisdom of the Convention In making
the change 10 one important rcspect-the health.
comfort and convenience Of the member eau
cusing and consultation can 60 on freely in the
open air. at all hours Of the day aad night, with
out discomfort or Inconvenience.
The agitation over the Official patronage Of
the two bodies was rather more marked than
usual. Candidates for the several ofdces were
thick IS hops,H and when the result of the
caucus of Monday night was made known there
was the usual citation on the part of those who
got in, and doubtless disappointment among
those who got left. For almost the first time In
twenty years Uncle Billy" Thomas failed to
secure his snecure Of messenger of the Senate.
The officers Of the Senate nomin aied by the eau
Gus were as follows:
Secretary, Charles A. Finley, of Lake City {;
Assistant Secretary, George A. Baltzell, of Jack
son county; Reading Secretary, B. r. Milan, Of
Sumter; Recording Secretary, J. B. Whitfield,
Of Leon Expressing Secretary.J F. A. Tufts, of
Orange; Enrolling Secretary, F. B. Wilder, OF
Hillsborough; Chaplain. Rev. E. L. T. Blake, Of
| Quincy; Sergeant, Arms, William W. Moore,
| of McClenny; Messenger, Thomas Costa, of
a1~vu, Tag, J~o>ph Wiloon, of Leon: Door
keeper, Thomas ]. Peavy, of Gadsden; Janitor.
| D. Ellis, Of Leon.
The organization Of the House took a longer
time than that of the Senate, and several rather
holly contested elections were held. The result
was the unanimous nomination, without opposi-
ton, of Hon. 8. Pasco of Jefferson, for Speaker
selection which seems to have given almost
universal satisfaction, and the other Officers nom-
mated were as follows: Chief Clerk, w. H.
Reynolds, of Polk; Assistant, d. G. Mcleod. of
Walton; Recording Clerk, d. F. Jackson, Of
Hamilton; Reading Clerk, Nat r. Walker, Of
Wakulla; Expressing Clerk, ]. A. Colson, Of
Gadsden; Enrolling Clerk, ]. c. Clarke, of Brad
ford Sergeant-at-Arms John Sparrow, of Gads-
den Assistant, j. L. Bryan, Of Jefferson Door,
keeper. G. w. Hnsey, of Franklin; Pages
Walter Davis, of Putnam f. NJ Brevard. of
Leon Pat McGrif, Of Leon. The Speaker was
charged with the appointment Of Chaplain, Mes
senger and Janitors
A joint caucus of both Houses was held be-
fore the nominating caucusses, for the purpose
OF determining the status Of members at which
Senator aGaskns, of Bradford, introduced
the following resolution, which was adopt
wise and judicious stroke of policy which will
haye harmonizing and beneficial effect on
the future interests OF the party:
IesolUed, That all Democratic members elect
of this Legislature who are willing to abide by
the action of the caucus are invited TO partici-
pate in its deliberations
fected on Tuesday with unusual prOmptness,
Notwithstanding the number of contestants for
the several positions. An additional page
John Wlliams-was elected in the Senate, and
q committee provided for to examine the offices
of the Treasurer and Comptroller.
In the House there was scarcely any opposi-
ton to the caucus nominations One vote for
W. g. Stewart, Tallahassee's late postmaster,
was cast by Wallace Carr, and Mr. George H.
Count, of the Enterprise Herald, was nominated
for Sergeant-a at Arms by Mr. Bieby and received
fifteen votes; Mr.. Sparrow, a one-armed veteran
from Gadsden being the successful candidate.
George H. Hinsey, Doorkeeper at the last ses-
sion, was reelected to the same position.
Two Tallahassee boys were made happy by
their election pages, viz. Ephie Brevard and
Pat McGriff. They are NICE clever and cour.
teous Young fellows and, with their colleague"
handsome Walter Davis who won many
friends at the Convention, will serve the House
faithfully and we'll.
The street sessions in front of the ST. James. in
the intervals after meals and during the evening,
attract considerable crowds Since the agony of
suspense concerning the petty offices ended,
the chiet subject of discussion has been
the Senatorial succession. So many diff
ferent opinions, assertions, arguments and
speculatons are INDUCED in that it
would seem almost impossible to extract from
the mass Tor mess) the slightest satisfactory con.
clusion but the invincible and omnipesent
q vic otofoo col1ad
reporters, manage occasionally to catch on to
pointers and hints, shrewdly rejecting unavail-
able matter that they are not long in convincing
themselves that they knew all about 1t. and 10.
cOntnenty rush to the telegraph Office and
worry the operator with horrible "copy" in their
frantic efforts to meet the expectations of their
employers in mourning vast bills of expense for
lightning.
The customary spell of industry, which usu-
ally attacks the Legislature about the fifth or
sixth week Of the session, made its appearance
on the first day, and both houses agreed TO be-
gin their daily sttings at $50 O'Clock in the
morning, each holding also on the first day two
sessions, most unprecedented occurrence
The neat little address of Captain Pasco, on
taking the Speakers chair was in fine taste and
elected much commentator. II he makes
good presiding officer of the House as he did of
the Constitutional Convention, no one will be
found to criticse the wisdom of that body In &C.
Letting him for the position.
"BlOxham is ahead ~ Is q frequent assertion
Of the faithful friends of that gentleman "Perry
will be on top when the vote is counted % or
words TO that effect, is also frequently heard
The celebrated dark horse F." is darkly alluded
to- in the event of a deadlock between the two
candidates named. The fact is nobody knows
what the result of the Senatorial contest is going
to be. "Combines" and tradingsa are alre ,dy be-
ing discovered" almost daily, and the " ways
that are dark and tricks that are vain " that are
suspected by the several parties of each other are
Nye's celebrated Heather Chnee"
Wednesdays sessions were not long The
Senate took a desperate plunge into the work.
and really accomplished q good DAYS work 10
the four hours it was in session. while the House
did comparatively little.
The Senator from Jackson began work on a
railroad commission with Senate bill No /.
which is substantially the same as that he intro
duced last session. The general impression
seems to be that the public and the Legislature
is ready for this important legislation, and II is
more than probable that an act will be passed
that will accomplish the purposes of its az vo-
Gates, while fully protecting the interests OF the
railrOads
A resolution by Senator Fowler, providing for
committee To prepare bill for the future regu.
lation OF the Stale printing. 10 the preamble of
which the celebrated missing section" was re-
TERED TO, created quite a senation. Senator
Walker, Jr.. moved a substitute providing for an
investigation rs to the missing section but it was
defeated and the resolution WAS adopted.
providing for the repeal of the law establishing
the Office Of State Printer.